※ 引述《MrDd (Yeah Panda)》之銘言：
Rising inventories, when unaccompanied correspondingly by increases in sales, can lead to production cutbacks that would hamper economic growth.
請問要怎麼判斷 Rising inventories 的單複數呢?
1. rising 修飾 inventories => 複數
2. rising inventories 這件事 => 單數
句意來看兩者都可以?
兩者都可以。但是要怎麼決定是哪個呢？要看剩餘部分的句意。
1. rising 修飾 inventories => 複數
2. rising inventories 這件事 => 單數
句意來看兩者都可以?
兩者都可以。但是要怎麼決定是哪個呢？要看剩餘部分的句意。
讓我們來看完整題目：
Rising inventories,/when unaccompanied correspondingly by increases in sales, can lead/ to production cutbacks that would hamper economic growth.
A)When unaccompanied correspondingly by increases in sales, can lead
Rising inventories,/when unaccompanied correspondingly by increases in sales, can lead/ to production cutbacks that would hamper economic growth.
A)When unaccompanied correspondingly by increases in sales, can lead
B)When not accompanied by corresponding increases in sales, possibly leads
E) If not accompanied by corresponding increases in sales, can lead
句意上，看到corresponding（相應的、一致的），就知道兩邊應該要有性質上的對應
所以若像這三個選項寫的是相應的increases in sales（銷售額的增加，重點在「增加」這個動作）那另一邊的Rising inventories就應該當做一件事情的動名詞（存貨的提昇）這樣才是動作對應動作（相應的）
D)If not accompanied by correspondingly increased sales, possibly leads
而若像是這個選項，increased sales（增加的銷售額重點在「銷售額」）那麼另一邊的Rising inventories我們就要視為「上升的存貨」這樣才是銷售額對應存貨（相應的）所以這個選項會刪掉，除了靠possibly改變句意外，還可以靠先判斷出主詞Rising inventories是複數，排除leads。
C)When they were unaccompanied by corresponding sales increases, can lead
句意上，看到corresponding（相應的、一致的），就知道兩邊應該要有性質上的對應
所以若像這三個選項寫的是相應的increases in sales（銷售額的增加，重點在「增加」這個動作）那另一邊的Rising inventories就應該當做一件事情的動名詞（存貨的提昇）這樣才是動作對應動作（相應的）
D)If not accompanied by correspondingly increased sales, possibly leads
而若像是這個選項，increased sales（增加的銷售額重點在「銷售額」）那麼另一邊的Rising inventories我們就要視為「上升的存貨」這樣才是銷售額對應存貨（相應的）所以這個選項會刪掉，除了靠possibly改變句意外，還可以靠先判斷出主詞Rising inventories是複數，排除leads。
C)When they were unaccompanied by corresponding sales increases, can lead
這個選項不討論，沒有這樣用的。
另外，如果想聽我對這題的完整詮釋，這邊可以參考：
http://goo.gl/dUAwqG
Dustin
另外，如果想聽我對這題的完整詮釋，這邊可以參考：
http://goo.gl/dUAwqG
Dustin
